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APRIL 22 BLOOD DRIVE TO SUPPORT ‘BABY HUDSON’ - 6-MONTH OLD CENTERVILLE BOY IS FIGHTING CANCER

April 14, 2014

DAYTON, Ohio - Community Blood Center (CBC) is partnering with
Covenant Presbyterian Church to host a blood drive in support of
Hudson Xavier Marshall, a six-month old Centerville boy who is
battling cancer. The "Baby Hudson Blood Drive" is Tuesday,
April 22 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the church multi-purpose room,
415 North Main St., Springboro. Donors are encouraged to
schedule an appointment at www.DonorTime.com, sponsor code
95.

Hudson was nearly three months old when diagnosed with
nueroblastoma, a cancer of the nerve tissues that is the most
common type of cancer in infants. Hudson is undergoing chemotherapy
and his treatment has included hemoglobin and platelet
transfusions. His parents Steve and Andrea Marshall support
the blood drive as a way of thanking blood donors and supporting
cancer patients. "When you give blood and platelets, it may
seem like a small donation to you," said the Marshalls, "but to us,
it is life."

Andrea has also encourages blood donations in blog posts about
Hudson's treatment. She wrote, "Thankful for those who donate
blood. How your view on blood donation can change in the blink of
an eye when it's your baby boy hooked up to someone's selfless
donation. A little of their time for a lot more time with
Hudson. I can't move past how selfish I had been claiming I was
'too wimpy to give blood.' Not anymore. Nope. Never again."

Information on neuroblastoma will be available at the blood
drive. Everyone who registers to donate can enter raffles for
door prizes donated by sponsors, including Earth Fare, Country Inn
and Suites, Olympia, and the Sinclair Community College baseball
team.

CBC is offering the "Take Me Out to the Blood Drive" t-shirt as
a donor gift to everyone who registers to donate Monday, March 24
through Saturday, May 3 at any CBC Donor Center and most CBC mobile
blood drives.

Anyone unable to participate on April 22 has the option of
donating in Baby Hudson's name Saturday, April 19 from 7 a.m. to 12
noon at the Dayton Community Blood Center, 349 South Main St.,
Dayton. Donors can ask about donating for Hudson Marshall when they
check-in and sign a Baby Hudson registry.